8 Easy Ways to Intensify Your Cannabis High
Drinkers rarely get higher on one bourbon than another brand—still, the experience ages toward boredom without some change or variety. Trying something top-shelf or switching to rye might perk up the experience.
Sticking with the “same old-same old” with cannabis will reduce your high or your perceived high. If you’ve been a cannabis user for some time, you appreciate the value of changing strains and habits. However, novices should consider their options to keep their experience enjoyable.
8 Easy Ways to Intensify Your Cannabis High
1. Eat a mango every day. Mangoes are a miracle food. Loaded with antioxidants, mangoes reputedly fight breast, colon, leukemia, and prostate cancer occurrences. Enzymes also smooth skin and treat digestive problems.
Less well-known, mangoes will strengthen and lengthen your cannabis high. Myrcene and terpenes produce the fragrance of fresh mango and enter the bloodstream immediately after consumption. When you’re smoking cannabis, the terpenes will trigger the THC whether you have your mango before or after the smoke. The best advice is to eat your mango an hour or two before.
2. Make munchies fishy. Writing in Forbes, David DiSalvo quotes the leader of a University of Illinois study: “The endocannabinoids our bodies produce from omega-3 fatty acids found in foods like fish, eggs, and nuts bind to the same receptors in our immune system as cannabinoids in marijuana, and both trigger an anti-inflammatory response.”
The findings suggest that omega-4 fatty acids reduce inflammation. So, if you have eaten fish, eggs, or nuts before or during your cannabis use, you enhance the impact of THC which also reduces inflammation.
3. It’s tea time. A nice, soothing, brewed cup of green or black tea is loaded with flavonoids and relaxation. Flavonoids are antioxidants with a different chemistry from those usually found in fruits and vegetables.
When the tea does its thing, relaxing you and reducing inflammation, it also relieves the cannabis to do other things. As the tea opens pathways, the cannabinoids have a more direct route to producing more substantial and prolonged effects.
4. Buy it right. Your choice of strain has a crucial role in boosting your high. It may take some trial and error, but your cannabis with a significant amount of THC. Some medical marijuana and edibles are purposely low in THC.
Indica content will help with medical problems and relax you if that’s what you want. But, the Sativa content should boost and energize. So, over time, you should explore strains with different THC: CBD ratios until you find the effect you want.
5. Smoke it right. If you work harder at preparing your smoke, you can put more effort into a more potent high.
Well-ground or carefully cut weed exposes more surface area, which makes it burn more evenly. Then, you can roll your joint without seeds or stems.
6. Eat your way high. It takes a while for edibles to take effect. And you are not advised to increase your intake. But you can purchase edibles with a stronger THC potency than usual.
The edible high lasts longer because of the way it is metabolized. Julia Wright at Civilized cautions, “Edibles aficionados know to expect different effects from gummies, elixirs, and baked goods - even when they purportedly contain the same THC content.” So, you should proceed cautiously to find the taste and dosing right for you.
7. Take a break. Your cannabis experience may level off after you have been using it for a while. You can up the ante with a more potent strain when you reach this tolerance level.
Or, you can stop using it for a while. Taking a break from smoking or eating will let your system re-establish itself. When you return to cannabis after some time off, you should find your regular stuff is refreshingly new.
8. Try something different. Anything will get old with time. So, you might change your pace. You might pay more attention to your smoking. If you hold the inhale longer, it should increase your rush. And, you must learn to savor what you have instead of smoking it to the quick.
But you should also consider breaking up your regular smoke with something different. If you prefer the pipe, you might switch to a joint or bong for a few hits. You can consume edibles, dab concentrate, or vape. The idea is just to break up the monotony.
The best way yet
The easiest and smartest way to intensify your cannabis high is to be moderate in your use. Heavy and chronic use dulls or kills flavor, aroma, and effects.
Some people suggest drinking beer with a toke; certainly, that has been a combination for many young people. Beer will relax and reduce anxiety, making room for the THC to do its thing. But these are inebriants so that you would do better with mangoes and tea.
Others suggest exercising vigorously before or after smoking. The exercise will boost circulation, allowing the cannabis to work even faster. But that seems counter-productive.
But, as an overall piece of advice, you would be wise to take a cannabis break with some regularity. If you are a chronic and heavy user, you may have some dependency patterns. If you increase your dose or frequency, you may feed a dark pool.
So, for many reasons, creativity among them, you might keep a journal of your cannabis experience. It would encourage you to report and analyze the circumstances of the event. You might record the time of day, strain, method, and social situation. Then, you describe the effect, the high, and the duration.
With an analysis of your own experience in hand, you can shop better and brighter.
